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Revolution Bars has fallen to a loss after hot weather and England’s unexpected success at the football World Cup lured customers away from its pubs, and it took a string of multimillion-pound exceptional costs.

Full-year like-for-like sales fell 0.6pc, while one-off costs topped £11.1m in the year to June. Total sales rose 8pc to £141.9m, but the company posted a loss before tax of £2.8m, compared with a £3.8m profit in the prior year.

Chief executive Rob Pitcher insisted the company “is a fundamentally good business” that had laboured with “factors outside of its control”. The chain suffered earlier in the year from the 'Beast from the East' winter storm and record summer temperatures.